In response to the June 17 letter asking “Where are the conservative letters?” I say, perhaps there are not that many that are sent in to the papers. Regarding the violence in Los Angeles, there were a small minority of people causing chaos and destruction. No matter what their cause, violence is not the answer. […]

Your recent editorial, “Hold Maine’s paper mills to higher standards,” gave an incomplete picture of Sappi’s environmental practices. At our Somerset mill in Skowhegan, about 80% of our energy comes from renewable sources, mainly biomass and black liquor, both byproducts of the papermaking process. These fuels are considered carbon neutral by the U.S. EPA, Maine […]

With so many older Mainers making a difference in our communities every day, AARP Maine is proud to once again honor one outstanding individual through the annual Andrus Award for Community Service. I’m writing to encourage Mainers to nominate someone, age 50 or older, who has gone above and beyond in serving others. The nomination […]

How many people housed in tents at “Alligator Alcatraz” will die if there is a hurricane? How many people living in Maine will be forced to go there? Is it a cruel joke that this facility is being funded by FEMA? How can we permit such inhumanity in our country? Shame. David Griswold Auburn

While I do not know whether the headline for Jimmy Swaggart’s obituary, “Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, 90, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals,” was the brainchild of the Associated Press (whose obituary appeared in the June 2 Portland Press Herald) or that of a gutter-press sensationalism at the Press Herald, I found the headline egregiously […]

“Malarkey,” a term popularized by Joe Biden for nonsense or rubbish talk, comes to Portland Press Herald readers in frequent doses. Online comments on letters to the editor are predictably monopolized by the same few trolls who have been wrong on nearly every important national issue for the past 10 years. They’re hopelessly intolerant of […]